/*  Piece - A interface to implement a data structure for a chess piece.  Copyright (C) 2003 The Java-Chess team <info@java-chess.de>  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the  GNU General Public License for more details.  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.*/ package de.java_chess.javaChess.piece;/** * This interface has to be implemented by any chess piece. */public interface Piece {    // Static variables    // The colors of pieces as constants.    static byte BLACK = 0;    static byte WHITE = 1;    // The various types of pieces as constants.    static byte PAWN   = 1;    static byte BISHOP = 2;    static byte KNIGHT = 3;    static byte ROOK   = 4;    static byte QUEEN  = 5;    static byte KING   = 6;    // Methods    /**     * Get the type of this piece.     *     * @return The type of the piece.     */    public byte getType();    /**     * Set the type of this piece.     *     * @param type The new type of this piece.     */    public void setType( byte type);    /**     * Get the color of this piece.     *     * @return The color of this piece.     */    public byte getColor();    /**     * Set the color of this piece.     *     * @param The new color of this piece.     */    public void setColor( byte color);    /**     * Check, if this piece is white.     *     * @return true, if this piece is white, false if black.     */    public boolean isWhite();    /**     * Get type and color as 1 byte.     *     * @return Type and color and 1 byte.     */    public byte getTypeAndColor();}